Rail-fastener.



M.l KOVACHICH.

RAIL FASTENEH.

APPucATloN'HLED Dic. 21. 19H.

Patented May 14, 191.8.

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RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27.11911.

Patented May14, 1918.

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RAIL FASTENER.

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Patented May14,1918.

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RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application led December 27, 1917. Serial No. 209,113.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Mito KovAcHIoH, a subject of Austria -I-Iungary, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny' and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of rail fastener and has for its primary object to provide a fastener in the form of a tie constructed in a manner to lock the rail chair in position and thereby prevent removal or movement of the rails.

An object of the invention is to accomf plish the foregoing result with substantially associated elements which may be quickly operated by an authorized person but incapable of being operated by an unauthorized person unless certain parts are mutilated to a great extent.

Besides the above my invention includes a novel form of chair coperating with the tie. 'l

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a of fastener.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the lock rods.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the rail chair.

Fig. fG is a top plan view of another form of fastener.

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of another form of fastener.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of one end of the lock rod illustrated in Fig. 8.

Figs. 10 to 14 inclusive are views of an improved form of rail chair that may be used as a part of my invention.

Again referring to the drawings and more particularly t0 the form of my invention illustrated on Sheet 1 the numeral 1 designates a hollow tie in which sit rail chairs 2. The tie is further provided with lips 3 overhanging the rail chairs with the result that each chair could only be removed when forced in a predetermined direction and to top plan view of onev form prevent such movement by an unauthorized person I provide the following mechanism:

This mechanism consists of one or more lock bars 4 one end of each of which is recessed at the point 5 forming a lug 6 to enter a recess 7 in the rail chair and to further form a tongue 8 cooperating with a second tongue 9 composing a portion of the tie.

From this construction it will be seen that cooperation between tongues 8 and 9 prevents upward movement of the bar and this construction cooperating with the engagement between the lug 6 and walls of the recess 7 prevents movement of the rail chair. IlVorking between the bars is a wedge l() that passes clear through the tie and has arranged therein a pin 11 mounted within the recess of the tie and adapted to abut one wall thereof as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. Access to the pin 11 can only be had when the hinged plate 12 is thrown back and this can only be accomplished when the lock 13 connected thereto is operated by a key inserted through the opening 14 in the plate 12. This opening 14 is normally closed by a plate 15 swingingly connected to the plate 12.

At this point I wish to call attention to the fact that other forms of locks may be used such as a padlock but for the purpose of illustration I have shown a simple form of lock. As far as I have proceeded it will be seen that upon unlocking and throwing the plate 12 backward, the pin 11 may be removed and the wedge 10 knocked out of position so as to allow free movement of the bars 4 in a direction to disengage members and 8 from the rail chair and tie.

IVhen assembling the elements the bars 4 may be readily passed into position through the slots 16 in the cover 17 of the tie.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 6 is identical as I have just described with the exception that the lock plate 12 is dispensed with and a pin 18 passes through the protruding end 19 of the wedge 20. This is the simplest form of my invention which is used where protection against removal of the rails by an unauthorized person is not found necessary. In Figs. 8 and 9 I have substituted for the bars 4, rods or tubes 21 having one end threaded as illustrated at 22 so as to be engaged by a union 23 that may be rotated in any suitable manner such as inserting an instrument in the holes 24; in the union. I

On Sheet 3 I have illustrated an improved form of rail chair that is to be included as a portion of my invention as -I have found out from practice that this form of rail chair cooperates with my improved tie in the most efficient manner. Each end of the abutting rails 25 is cutaway adjacent the base so as to snugly receive the vertical portion 26 of the inverted T shaped member 27, with a result that when theJ member is associated with the trail lends :the complete outline of the rail ends is'completed. Embracing the inember 27 fand the rail ends are plates QS'and 29 one of which being formed with a projection 30 engaging a correspondingly shaped recess 31 in the other plate. Passing through one Aof the plates isa machine screw 32 engaging the member 27 for preventing movement thereof and when the chair is in -operative position the head of this sc-rew is covered by the lip 3 of thetie l. Thus it will be seen that the chair cannot be removed from the rails by moving the same longitudinal of the rails without first `removing the screw 32 and this cannot be accomplished until the ltie l is moved slightly in a lateral direction which can take place when the bars 4 are disengaged from the chair.

Itis to be understood that while all the several features Aof my improved mechanism have special cooperation with one another and together constitute a particularly effee-tive mechanism for the purpose in view, certain of these features may be applied in other relations, and I therefore desire to cover the combinations present in the several claim is:

l. In combination a rail chair having a recess a tie supporting the chair and. having a lip over-lapping the chair and manually voperating means for locking the chair including a member adapted to engage the walls of said recess.

2. In combination ara-il chair havinga recess formed therein la tie supporting the chair and having a lip over-lapping (the same7 a slidably mounted bar adapted `to move into and `out of engagement with the recess and a manually operated device for giving sliding movement to said bar.

3. In `combination a rail chair having a recess formed therein a tie supporting the chair-and having a lip overlapping the same7 a slidably mounted bar adapted to move into and out -of 'engagement with the recess, a manually operated device for givingsliding movement to said bar, and locking means for preventing operation of said device.

4. In combination with a tie having an overhanging lip a rail chair supported by the tie and engaged by said lip7 said chair consisting of two plates having an interlockinr enga ement an abutment member arranged between the plates and a screw passing through lone plate and engaging Said member for preventing movement thereof, the head of said screw being arranged under said lip.

In testimony vwhereof I affix my signature.

MYC) KOVACHICH.

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